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Political Activities…Revisited … Again

September 18, 2018

The issue of charities engaging in political activities has been a hot item since 2012. In that year the Harper Government gave $8 million to the CRA Charities Directorate to begin what has been termed the “political activity audits”. Budget 2012 also tightened up the political activity rules which were already in place. It is […]

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Where is Promised Progress on Political Activity Rules?

April 23, 2018

Last week, 14 environmental charities met with Finance Minister Bill Morneau to discuss promised changes to the political activities restrictions on charities, and they appear to have come away worried. The federal Liberals campaigned in 2015 on a promise of reforming the stringent political activity limitations that had led to widespread audits of charities under […]

Filed Under: Articles, Charities - Current Articles Tagged With: Alexandra Tzannidakis, political activities, political activities audit program, rules governing political activities

Act Now or Forever Hold Your Political Activities Peace!

November 16, 2016

By: Sukhdeep Singh Sembi Following the dissolution, earlier this year, of the political activities audit program, the CRA wishes to receive input from the public in order to modernize the rules regarding political activities for charities. The process will consist of email submissions and in-person consultations with representatives from the charity sector moderated by an […]

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